Associations to the word «Asperity»

Wiktionary

ASPERITY, noun. Roughness as of stone or weather.
ASPERITY, noun. Harshness, as of temper.
ASPERITY, noun. Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
ASPERITY, noun. (geology) A part of a geological fault line that does not move.

Dictionary definition

ASPERITY, noun. Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters".
ASPERITY, noun. Harshness of manner.

Wise words

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